http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_uJtayFr0
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i read through this thread i saw people are asking the same questions which IMO means that no one is reading through a thread..
for people who cannot download the free version (because bitdefender is redirecting automatically to their home site - not the.com one)use a proxy to access the .com site..
http://www.azproxies.com/proxy-lists/index.html
another thing: on demand scanner is not on demand protection!
the link provided by umbra leads to a good av software, with realtime protection, with active virus control tech, B-have tech, heuristic etc.

Mate, no offence, but when a vendor makes it so hard to obtain something, i.e. I'd have to go through proxy service to be able to get some sort of free AV, you intuitively know their heart's no so much into it. I've been defending Bitdefender a lot [tautology sounds funny, eh?] around here, however this is just wrong.

If something as momentous as releasing a free edition AV, after the last one was only localised in its native language, I would be making sure I have all communication channels proper, before launch date.

Just to be clear, I'm respecting BD for what stand for, and what they've achieved, it's just that sometimes they unintentionally drive you up the wall. And word-of-mouth-online in this day an age is powerful ...

My ZoneAlarm Firewall reports in its logs that BitDefender only auto-updates every 3 hours.

The Social Network Protection is located on your Dashboard within your browser, you have to active it. USB Immunizer is not listed on the program but it automatically immunizes all USB devices by default, you can not configure it. Just try connecting USB device with autorun.ini and BitDefender should pop up with a notification.

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Another difference, Auto Scan does not allow exclusions at all in the free version. After BitDefender free completed an idle scan of all of my hard drives, it automatically permanently deleted detected files instead of quarantining them. All of my NirSoft Utilities with their settings are gone.
Until BitDefender can do something about this problem, I recommend to turn off Auto scan.

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Another difference, Auto Scan does not allow exclusions at all in the free version. After BitDefender free completed an idle scan of all of my hard drives, it automatically permanently deleted detected files instead of quarantining them. All of my NirSoft Utilities with their settings are gone.
Until BitDefender can do something about this problem, I recommend to turn off Auto scan.

Retired Staff

Performance was about the same, BitDefender free maybe a little bit lighter than Avast. Detection rates are questionable since Avast didn't detect any false positives on my system and BitDefender free automatically permanently deleted false positives instead of quarantine them. BitDefender has a much higher false positive rate than Avast, the files were even digitally signed by trusted vendors and should have not been detected.

Avast is more trustworthy since it will move detected files to the virus chest and allow you to add exclusions in case of false positives. With BitDefender free, your detected false positives are permanently deleted with no options to restore them.

Until BitDefender free gets this false positive deletion bug fixed and allow you to add exclusions, I would not recommend using it.

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Antivirus companies cause a big headache to small developers.
This article was posted in 2009 by NirSoft developer, since then the problem has got worse. In spite of all of the false positives reports to AV vendors, most of NirSoft Utilities are still detected as malicious by many AV vendors.

Yes I am a small business that has poor ability to function because of false positives. I believe that what virus companies are doing is really illegal. They have permission to put a sign in front of your business that says do not go in this store as it is infected without any knowledge of the store content. If your file is a .exe it is immediately blocked. They make it difficult and often impossible for you to report your case to them. There should be a law that they all must provide any small business a way to get their compiled .exe software easily approved.

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In our attempt to design Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition as a minimalistic, set-and-forget solution, we went all the way, and automized the product 100%. But following your feedback, we are now introducing some basic functionalities so you can also tweak security to your needs:

- The new Threat Control now allows you to add exceptions to items which Bitdefender considers suspect, but which you would still like to use. Simply right-click the file in listed in the Threat Control tab and the option will appear in a menu.

- If you want to access a webpage that Bitdefender considers dangerous, you can now continue at your own risk to that page. The option will also be remembered by the product for the current session, to ease your access.

- Other important updates include additional security levels added, compatibility with Comodo Firewall, and more frequent updates.

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